pyre, funeral pyre
(noun) wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pyre (plural pyres)
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
Any heap or pile of combustibles.
• prey, rype
Source: Wiktionary
Pyre, n. Etym: [L. pure, Gr. Fire.]
Definition: A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
